McGregor and Poirier are strange and are restrained by D. White. Photo: Reproduction/YouTube
They had already found each other strange at the press conference held on Thursday (25), so it was nothing new that the atmosphere could heat up between Conor McGregor e Dustin poirier at the official weigh-in for UFC 178, this Friday (26). Expectations were confirmed, the two tried to start a riot, but the Ultimate organization was attentive and intervened in time.
When Conor McGregor stepped on stage, the MGM Grand Garden Arena was transformed into a little piece of Ireland. Always a performer, McGregor immediately tried to give his private show to the public. On the other hand, even fighting in his home country, Dustin poirier He was quite booed when he appeared.
“Diamante”, as he is known, didn’t like the crowd’s demonstration and started pointing and shouting: “This is my house! This is my house!". In turn, the public responded with the now traditional Irish chorus “Olê, olê, olê, olê”.
Poirier barely presented himself to face McGregor and already arrived at the designated place, implying that he would attack his rival. The duo, however, was restrained by Dana White. While trying to free himself from the leader and shouting insults at his opponent, the Irishman ended up hitting the president with his left hand. The confusion ended with the intervention of both teams and other members of the organization who were on stage.
On the scale, McGregor weighed 66,2 kg, 200 g more than Poirier, who weighed 66 kg. This Saturday (27), the duo will have the third-to-last fight of UFC 178.
Johnson and Cariaso confirm title fight
The main fight of UFC 178 marks the flyweight champion's fifth title defense Demetrious Johnson, who faces Chris Cariaso. At the weigh-in, both the title holder and his challenger made weight easily, weighing in at 56,4 kg, and confirmed the duel.
Sole representative of Brazil, Amanda nunes beat the weight
The only Brazilian on the card this Saturday (27), Amanda nunes He had no problems getting to the weight. The Bahian woman reached the 61,2 kg limits of the bantamweight category and confirmed the duel against Zingano cat, which also weighed 61,2 kg. From the duel between Amanada and Cat comes the champion's next challenger Ronda Rousey.
Dominck Cruz makes weight with leftovers on his return
One of the biggest moments of the weigh-in was the entrance of the former bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz. Without fighting for almost three years, and living with several injuries since then, “The Dominator”, as he is known, received a huge ovation when he stepped onto the stage set up at the MGM Grand Garden, in Las Vegas (USA). On the scale, Cruz went through some tense moments, as his weight took a while to be measured, but he ended up weighing 60,7 kg, around half a kilo less than allowed.
MAIN CARD
Flyweight (up to 57 kg): Demetrious Johnson (56,4 kg) x Chris Cariaso (56,4 kg);
Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Donald Cerrone (70,3 kg) x Eddie Alvarez (70,3 kg);
Featherweight (up to 66 kg): Conor McGregor (66,2 kg) x Dustin poirier (66 kg);
Average weight (up to 84 kg): Tim Kennedy (84 kg) x Yoel romero (84 kg);
Bantam weight (up to 61,2 kg): Zingano cat (61,2 kg) x Amanda nunes (61,2 kg).
PRELIMINARY CARD
Bantam weight (up to 61,2 kg): Dominick Cruz (60,7 kg) x Takeya Mizugaki (61,6 kg);
Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Jorge masvidal (70,3 kg) x James Krause (70,3 kg);
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Patrick Cote (77,3 kg) x Stephen Thompson (77,1 kg);
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Brian Ebersole (77,3 kg) x John Howard (77,1 kg);
Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Kevin Lee (70,5 kg) x Jon Tuck (70,3 kg);
Bantamweight (up to 61,2 kg): Manny Gamburyan (61,4 kg) x Cody Gibson (61,4 kg).
Watch the official UFC 178 weigh-in video below:
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